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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

LEGAL INDIA : Legal Update

LEGAL INDIA : Legal Update

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Two jailed for 15 days for acid attack 14 years ago

Posted: 13 May 2013 10:46 PM PDT

Two men have been sentenced to 15 days imprisonment by a Delhi Court 14 years after they threw acid on a shopkeeper and his employees who objected to their bathing in the balcony and letting the water spill onto the floor below. Additional Sessions Judge Shail Jain sentenced Old Delhi residents Sudhir Dass and Mathura  [ Read More ]

Bar Council of India has become ineffective: SC

Posted: 13 May 2013 11:15 PM PDT

Bar Council of India has been questioned by the Supreme Court or not taking action against erring lawyers, saying it has become “ineffective” and courts become victims because of such legal practitioners. “Bar Council has become ineffective. No action is taken against erring lawyers and we have to suffer. We are actually the victim and lawyers  [ Read More ]

SC directs de-sealing of stadium’s stands for IPL match

Posted: 14 May 2013 02:48 AM PDT

Chennai Corporation has directed by the Supreme court of India to de-seal three stands with 12,000 seats in M A Chidambaram Stadium for today’s IPL match between Chennai Superkings and Delhi Daredevils. A bench of justices B S Chauhan and Dipak Misra, however, said that the stands will remain closed for other matches and they cannot  [ Read More ]

PP, IO can interview witnesses before hand in CWG cases: HC

Posted: 14 May 2013 02:55 AM PDT

New Delhi: Modifying a trial court order, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday said the Investigating officer and the Public Prosecutor can interview the prosecution witnesses “before hand” in the Commonwealth Games-related graft case involving sacked Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi. Justice Kailash Gambhir said, “The order is modified to the extent that the duo  [ Read More ]

Court allows 97 more witnesses in Chautala’s DA case

Posted: 13 May 2013 10:06 PM PDT

CBI has allowed by the court here in Delhi to bring 97 additional witnesses, missed out earlier due to “inadvertence”, against INLD leader Abhay Chautala, younger son of five-time Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala facing trial a disproportionate assets (DA) case. Special CBI Judge Manu Rai Sethi allowed the agency’s plea to lead 97 additional prosecution witnesses and also 44 documents  [ Read More ]

Hold departmental probe in employee’s language: SC

Posted: 13 May 2013 10:37 PM PDT

The Supreme Court said departmental enquiry and proceedings against government employee must be done in the language of his preference, while  setting aside punishment meted out to an official on the ground that proceedings were not conducted in Hindi as sought by him. The apex court told refusal to conduct the proceedings as per the employee’s  [ Read More ]

Govt to pay to couple for misbehaviour by officials

Posted: 14 May 2013 02:16 AM PDT

A consumer forum has directed by the central government to pay Rs 1.1 lakh to a couple as compensation for alleged misbehaviour by RPF officials at the entry gate of New Delhi Railway Station. The Central District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum observed that the Ministry of Railways was responsible for the acts of its employees, who  [ Read More ]

Koda gets provisional bail for one week

Posted: 14 May 2013 02:38 AM PDT

Provisional bail has granted to former chief minister Madhu Koda by the Jharkhand High court. Koda who is a scam accused has got the provisional bail for a week to attend his ailing mother. Hearing on the provisional bail petition, Justice H C Mishra granted bail with a direction that he should surrender to a  [ Read More ]

Man gets lifer in a month for raping minor

Posted: 14 May 2013 02:20 AM PDT

In a swift judgement, a man was today sentenced to life imprisonment by a court here for raping a five-year-old girl at Singhaul village in Begusarai district last month. Begusarai Sessions Judge Parshuram Shukla sentenced Pappu Tanti to life imprisonment and imposed Rs 20,000 as fine on him for raping the minor on April 10.  [ Read More ]
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